‘RHOBH’ Newcomer Jennifer Tilly Gives Advice to Sutton Strackes (Exclusive)

Jennifer Tilly believes that The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills is “much harder than acting” – but she is grateful that series veteran Sutton Stracke shows her how it’s done.

In an exclusive interview with PEOPLE in Seduced by love Premiere on Thursday, August 8, the 65-year-old Oscar-nominated actress talked about what it is like to be part of RHOBH in the role of “Friend of the Show” for season 14 is different from her four decades in television and film roles.

“I am so happy to be able to spend more time with Sutton because over the last few years since she was with Housewivesnow I understand that it is so intense and I have not seen as much of her as I would have liked,” says Tilly, referring to Stracke’s main role since season 11, after she started as a “friend.”

Tilly – who previously appeared on RHOBH as a guest and is also known for her role as Tiffany Valentine in Chucky show and Child’s play film series – then revealed Stracke’s advice for her move to reality TV.

“She’s great because she kind of shows me how to do it, because it’s a little intimidating,” Tilly says. “She’s an excellent homemaker. … (She’s) very direct, like, ‘You have to do this or you have to do that.'”

Stracke, standing next to Tilly, replies: “No, it’s funny because I made Jennifer’s series Chucky. I had never done anything like that in my life, so this was new to me. When I saw her come on stage with us, I thought, ‘No, no, no, we don’t edit. We don’t say action because it’s not in the script – it’s actually just talking.'”

For her role in the 1994 film “The Wonderful Woman,” she received an Oscar nomination in the category “Best Supporting Actress.” Bullets over BroadwayTilly now admits that reality TV is more difficult for her than filmmaking.

“It’s much harder than acting. You basically just make it all up as you do it,” she says. Stracke, 52, jokes: “They’re real. We’re real.”

With RHOBHWith season 14 still being filmed, Tilly wonders how she will be portrayed once her scenes are edited and aired.

“(Editors) can do anything,” Tilly recently told Vulture. “They can make you the girl next door. They can make you the villain. They can make you the grumpy one. They can make you the patient one.”

“It depends on what they want to show, what the story is,” she said. “When some of the housewives on the show were doing really badly and fans were throwing mud at them, I felt for them because I thought, ‘What they’re doing is spinning a storyline out of nothing.'”

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In the interview, Tilly also compared RHOBH to filmmaker Martin Scorsese.

“I’m pretty sure I was joking when I said it’s like my Scorsese,” Tilly tells PEOPLE. “I basically said that I Housewives is the culmination of a dream, as it would be a dream to work with Scorsese. But being a Housewives fan and being part of it (RHOBH), which is my favorite franchise, I basically said, “You don’t understand. This is my Scorsese.”

In addition to Tilly and Stracke in season 14, the cast includes returning housewives Kyle Richards, Erika Girardi, Dorit Kemsley and Garcelle Beauvais, as well as new housewife Bozoma “Boz” Saint John.

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills can be streamed on Peacock.